Daggers Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Good morning everyone,Yesterday I went swimming in a frozen lake. It wasn't frozen to begin with, I had to freeze it first and then I broke the ice to climb in. In many ways managing Leicester City was like climbing into that lake only there were less dead wet fish because I got rid of one to Charlton and the other to Motherwell before I left. But I still broke the ice anyway. I think we achieved a lot together before I left, but what I did was incidental; the players deserve the credit not me. They jump after the hare in a blind fashion as it races around the stadium and the trainer just stands near the stadium trying to get into the knickers off the daughter of an addicted gambler. You can take the dog home at the end of the race, give it a doggy chew, feed it some Bonios, pick up the shit that it leaves lying around and sometimes scratch its stomach...but if that dog doesn't want to chase fluffy rabbits, it doesn't matter how good a trainer you are. Sometimes you find that your house is full of dogs that you didn't buy. Sometimes you ask the dog owner to stop leaving his tired, old dogs around your house but little do you think that it will be the dog owner that bites you. Football management is surprising like that. I remember thinking that football management is a funny old game while I was grafting 27 hours a day as a self-employed gardener. That's real pressure for you - pruning rose bushes and stopping for cups of tea. You don't want someone poncing about in your garden, and err hanging around, fluffing about and all that stuff. And that's what I did at Leicester. Gardening can help relieve the stress of management but it’s also similar to tending a football team. I took a hedge-trimmer to clear out the flower beds at the training ground. The owner of the flower patch then gave me a load of plants; some of them didn't like the soil, some very very old and some were already dead - but I propped them up and pretended I could make them grow. Eventually, you have to say "No, I want some plants that I like the look of, I don't like that plant - it won't fit on a left-facing wall" but we all know that in the gardening game you have to make you bed and not step on it. Hopefully, some of the seedlings I didn't lend to other gardeners will be able to do a half decent job. You know, managing Leicester City was a lot like eating your Sunday dinner. At the beginning I was very keen to get started but I had to dick about with the DVD-watching, that was like my prawn cocktail. Then I wanted to tuck into my veg & meat course but the bloke that was paying for the whole thing kept flicking bits of food at me that I didn't want. It was like my plate was being piled up on one side with food that didn't go together, like processed cheese and broken Hula Hoops. They have no place on a Sunday dinner plate at all. I kept trying to re-arrange my plate and in the end had to take it all to a restaurant in Scotland. But, as is always the way, the bloke who pays for the meal gets the final say and here I am now, at the end of the meal, without any wafer mints. Or any coffee. You know what I mean? After a good Sunday meal I like to play games with my children but they've got too good so I don't play them anymore. Anyway, we can't afford any games now. It seems as though my Auntie has balls. Take care, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simi Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikey Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 after reading that i respect that man even more!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfieldfox. Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Quality spoof (I assume as no source) - top one. Up there with Levein for sale on ebay etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Quality spoof (I assume as no source) - top one. Up there with Levein for sale on ebay etc Daggers would never do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 after reading that i respect that man even more!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Welcome antidote to the mainly miserable week just gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernFox Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staf Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Awesome :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Very very funny; I can almost hear him saying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fox for life Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 anyone know where that came from? a source would be good... :laugh: well done martin for you refreshing view on football and for making it more interesting to follow leicester!!! sorry it had to end this way but good luck in the future, you can manage my garden anytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 How boring! Thank god he's gone! Bring on the jewell who actually knows what hes doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 If you can almost believe it's him How boring! Thank god he's gone!Bring on the jewell who actually knows what hes doing! Incredible, it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jano Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 so u think he didnt know what he was doing, have a word with yourself u gimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 so u think he didnt know what he was doing, have a word with yourself u gimp Haha i love all these "rough", brave young posters popping up, calling eachother gimps, mongies, blue mongies perhaps and taking things so seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 so u think he didnt know what he was doing, have a word with yourself u gimp Who are you talking too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 Funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 2 September 2007 Author Share Posted 2 September 2007 Funny. I thought that as well - there should have only been one 'o' in to. Terribly risible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagha_07 Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy G Posted 2 September 2007 Share Posted 2 September 2007 anyone know where that came from? a source would be good... :laugh: well done martin for you refreshing view on football and for making it more interesting to follow leicester!!! sorry it had to end this way but good luck in the future, you can manage my garden anytime Can't believe this fella thought it was actually mad dog saying that. Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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